Re: Package configuration with /tmp mounted noexec

2001-10-23 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 06:28:18PM +1000, Andrew Pollock ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Tue, 23 Oct 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > on Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 02:37:23PM +1000, Andrew Pollock ([EMAIL > > PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I've got /tmp mounted rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev beca

Re: Package configuration with /tmp mounted noexec

2001-10-23 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 02:37:23PM +1000, Andrew Pollock wrote: > I've got /tmp mounted rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev because I think I read > somewhere that that was a good way to go security-wise. > > It seems that some package related configuration stuff writes > temporary scripts into /tmp, which the

Re: Package configuration with /tmp mounted noexec

2001-10-23 Thread Andrew Pollock
On Tue, 23 Oct 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 02:37:23PM +1000, Andrew Pollock ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've got /tmp mounted rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev because I think I read > > somewhere > > that that was a good way to go security-wise. > > It is, but

Re: Package configuration with /tmp mounted noexec

2001-10-23 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 02:37:23PM +1000, Andrew Pollock ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > I've got /tmp mounted rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev because I think I read somewhere > that that was a good way to go security-wise. It is, but... > It seems that some package related configuration stuff writ

Package configuration with /tmp mounted noexec

2001-10-22 Thread Andrew Pollock
Hi, I've got /tmp mounted rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev because I think I read somewhere that that was a good way to go security-wise. It seems that some package related configuration stuff writes temporary scripts into /tmp, which then don't run because /tmp's mounted noexec Should perhaps such script